Adebayo Kehinde
As part of the efforts by the Lagos State government to provide succour to victims of various emergency/disasters as well as to mitigate its impact, it has reiterated its readiness to accommodate the affected residents of the ongoing demolished defective/distressed buildings on Lagos Island at the Lagos State Relief/Resettlement Centre Igando, in Alimosho Local Government Area of the state.
Speaking while on a media tour of the Resettlement Centre in Igando, the Commissioner, Ministry of Information and Strategy, Hon Kehinde Bamigbetan, stated that the state government was working in line with international best practice as it begins the resettling of persons displaced by the on-going demolitions of defective/distressed buildings on Lagos Island.
The commissioner said that the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency’s Resettlement Camp/Relief Centre in Igando, which has been approved was ready to accommodate 500 displaced persons starting from Tuesday, March 26, 2019.
Bamigbetan said the exercise was part of the state government’s efforts to ensure that the effect of losing their homes wa mitigated to the barest minimum.
On his part, the General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, AdesinaTiamiyu, explained that the camp would be opened for three months after which the government would review the need for an extension.
Tiamiyu also said the camp would be working with the Igando General Hospital in case of referrals, just as he added that the medical team for the camp would arrive tomorrow.
The Igando Resettlement Camp/Relief Centre has five hostels with 22 rooms each, four double bunk beds and is capable of accommodating eight persons per room.
The centre also features a kitchen facility, a dining hall, a general hall to be used for recreational activities, a three-ward medical facility, a set of ten toilets and bathrooms for each hostel, sets of three-bedroom flats for members of staff, facilities for persons living with disabilities, security post among others.